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- Tabou, on 09/04/2008, -4/+140This is old plus the blog failed to mention:
"A police officer spotted the couple having sex on the sand and let them off with a caution. But they ignored the warning and were arrested when the officer returned to the scene.
According to police sources, Miss Palmer launched an angry tirade at the policeman after being disturbed for a second time. She is alleged to have hurled abuse and tried to hit him with her high-heeled shoe before being restrained..." - yourmanstan, on 09/04/2008, -11/+143this is why you don't buy property in a theocracy
- jsdratm, on 09/05/2008, -6/+74Another tourist got 4 years in Dubai when they found poppy seeds on his clothes from eating at the airport. Nice buildings or not, I'm not going there until they fix their draconic legal system.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7234786.stm - inactive, on 09/05/2008, -10/+50Enough religious based bad press like this might shut the door on Dubai's little tourist trap
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -12/+50I'll make sure NEVER to vacation in Dubai!
- Ravatar, on 09/05/2008, -4/+39She's going to prison for breaking the law. If you don't like the laws of a foreign country you are free not to go there.
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -5/+40I've been the the U.A.E, its a nice country, pictures of the Shaikh all over though! When your a guest in another nation you play by the rules. It's very unfortunate and I'm thankful to be in a country where for all the issues it faces, allows you to ***** in public if you don't mind being slapped on the ass with a fine.
To Each His Own. - theutopian, on 09/05/2008, -1/+33Here's a tip: when in a Muslim country, don't have sex it public.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. - orlyfactor, on 09/05/2008, -3/+33My eyes!!!!! Aughhhhh.
- Detritus, on 09/05/2008, -8/+36Agreed, ***** Tibet!
Dubai looks beautiful, but all that Sharia nonsense is going to keep me away because I am just too damn kinky.
"I'm too sexy for your island, too sexy for your island, but you might find me in Thailand." - nwoantibody, on 09/04/2008, -6/+33he'll get far more sex up in jail...
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -5/+32I don't think they care.
It's typical ignorant tourist behavior. They have customs and traditions, a set of laws and a distinct culture. They don't want people who don't respect that anymore than Americans like French people coming to America and pointing out that they basically eat ***** on a daily basis and that they're incredibly fat and dumb and their architecture is about as ugly as architecture can be.
Insulting isn't it? Same principle. Plus having sex in public is illegal in England too. It's just acting like drunken douchebags. - cfuse, on 09/05/2008, -9/+35Don't go into a *****-hole and expect it to be a bed of roses.
- PrezMcCain, on 09/05/2008, -2/+28Lucky thing they didn't catch her going ass to mouth.
- ProfessorRamrod, on 09/05/2008, -7/+32while six years is harsh, you'd still get arrested for having sex on a public beach up here in the states.
- inactive, on 09/04/2008, -4/+26I sure hope she was hot
- ixid, on 09/05/2008, -0/+21$10
- leighedwards, on 01/29/2009, -6/+26***** the RIAA
- DeskFlyer, on 09/05/2008, -0/+20That is some seriously ***** up *****.
- BitKid, on 09/05/2008, -0/+19A crowd around you, cheering.
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+19That's a MAN!
- sonycam, on 09/05/2008, -2/+21Public sex is illegal everywhere, the difference is that normal countries don't throw you in jail for 6 years for it, especially when you have a thriving tourist market who you supply alcohol with.
- 4rp4n3t, on 09/05/2008, -2/+19There are some countries where the idea of going to jail for smoking pot would seem equally ridiculous.
- jasongbc, on 09/05/2008, -3/+20Probably get you put on the sex offender registry. Especially if some kid happened to see it.
- john2kx, on 09/05/2008, -0/+17lolcano.
- 420buddah, on 09/05/2008, -0/+17Also if you consume, or associate when cannabis on any level, I'd suggest you NEVER step foot in Dubai. They have some crazy draconian laws, where even if they find 1 microgram on you, and could be on the bottom of your shoe, they will arrest you, and try to send you to jail for 4 years.
A famous drum and bass DJ out of the UK, Grooverider, was sentenced not too long ago for posession of less than 1/10 of an ounce. Others have been jailed for even more ridiculous amounts.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-516136/Rad ... - sonycam, on 09/05/2008, -2/+18It's the same here in the UK, but it's something that law enforcement is likely to turn a blind eye to, providing they're not disturbing anyone and it's not blatant. Even if you're arrested, you'll be let off with a fine or community service - never would you be put in prison. The reason they've been put in prison for 6 years is because of the Islamic religion.
- MeTed123, on 09/05/2008, -5/+21I agree...***** Dubai. But don't ***** in Dubai or Dubai will ***** you.
- cyrusuncc, on 09/05/2008, -4/+20When you are in another country LEARN & RESPECT THEIR LAWS. I'm pretty sure you won't get away with "but i can do it in my country" approach
- Tabou, on 09/04/2008, -0/+15http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/07/12/article- ...
- pintomp3, on 09/05/2008, -5/+20public sex is legal in the US?
- theoallardyce, on 09/05/2008, -1/+16Really this is about a woman who was drunk and disorderly in public, ignored the police and then assaulted a police officer.
- azreal156, on 09/05/2008, -0/+15Damn I would arrest her for having public sex too!
- ZenFountain, on 09/05/2008, -1/+16Dubai is a real estate bubble of epic proportions, many of the projects are gimmicky and spiraling cost of air travel will certainly not help their prospects as a resort destination. But, below all that many of us Westerners don't want to see them succeed because we're either condescending towards their culture or angry over what is perceived as extortion for their resources that are being used to finance playgrounds for the fantastically rich, all while many of us struggle to fill our gas tanks.
Maybe there's some truth to all that but it's hypocritical to criticize them if you're an American because you can go to jail here too for possessing controlled substances and we have just as many idiots that think morality should be legislated, albeit nowhere near as extremely as some Muslim nations. Dubai and Qatar in particular have come a long way in a short period of time, their prospects in a post-petroleum economy are good and they will continue to have strong ties to the west, unlike their big neighbor. Maybe the resort dream won't pan out so well but they certainly will be business hubs. - inactive, on 09/05/2008, -2/+17I don't, Dubai does.
Would you go to pre-2001 Afghanistan and have sex in public?
It's just common sense. If this sovereign nation deems 6 years is good punishment, than it is.
Their house, their rules. I agree that it shouldn't be a crime at all, but you don't go to someone's house to disrespect them.
They chose to risk it. - inactive, on 09/05/2008, -11/+25Religious Police State!
- bradharrelson, on 09/05/2008, -10/+24What, people didn't know Sharia law is ridiculous? Why this couple even thought about doing something like that in public - in a hardline Muslim country - is beyond reason.... but now they are going to pay for it, unfortunately.
The country looks nice in photos, but it isn't a place you want to live. Alcohol is restricted to bars located in hotels; drug use is practically punishable by death, so don't think of flying into the country with a joint in your pocket! - Erythroxylum, on 09/05/2008, -7/+21The lesson here is that if you want to have fun, do not go to the uncivilised, so-called Islamic World. Fun is strictly prohibited, along with human rights, women's rights, democracy, free speech, religious freedom, cultural, economic (apart from a few exceptions such as Dubai and Saudi) and scientific progress &c. Basically all of the things we in the civilised world hold dear.
I'm surprised they only got a few years' prison for kissing in public. It wouldn't have been a big shock to've found out that the woman was made to dress in a black sack/burqa before being beaten silly and gangraped by a mob of angry, bearded men, before being buried up to her neck in sand and killed by having rocks thrown at her head. The man, since men and worth between 2-4 women depending on which verse of the Qur'an you read, could've been made to grow a wiry, scraggly bear, wear a silly, sheet-like get-up and live a life according to the teachings of Muhammed, i.e. anger, hate, murder, intolerance, theft and kiddy-fiddling. And they could've done it with impunity too; the British government is so toothless that when finding out that one of its citizens had been brutally tortured and murdered and that the other had been indoctrinated into a deathcult would've done absolutely nothing in the strict interest of morally-relativist-fuelled 'social cohesion':
'I say old chap, we've learned that some of your authorities beat, raped and killed one of our citizens. And another citizen is reported missing.'
'Infidel! Stop this inquiry at once, or we shall call you "Islamophobes"!'
'Oh dear God, no! anything but that! Sorry for wasting your time, sir.' - jasongbc, on 09/05/2008, -3/+17Republican government is a theocracy
- pixelwerx, on 09/05/2008, -3/+16“The lady is innocent,” Palmer’s lawyer, Hassan Mattar, told the media after the couple appeared in court this week. “The medical reports from the police show she didn’t have sex.”
- goneale, on 09/05/2008, -0/+13Was he having sex with her chin?
- EndouOuto, on 09/05/2008, -3/+16Sure no prob, just don't let her out of the house
without a rag on her head. - gpageau, on 09/05/2008, -0/+12She has a case of the "butt-chin."
- dienaked, on 09/05/2008, -5/+17Westerner's do very well entering Dubai. You get paid out the ass, and just have to follow their rules while you are there. It's not really too hard.
- nirav72, on 09/05/2008, -0/+12arrghhhh..give her 6 years and throw away the key.
- scabbers, on 09/05/2008, -2/+14If children saw it you would.
- steelclash84, on 09/05/2008, -3/+15No, but you wouldn't get 6 years in prison for it...
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+11If you ignore the first warning and then attempt to assault the officer, I am fairly sure that even in the U.S. (or some, more permissive, EU country) you would end up in jail. I'm not defending Sharia, but it doesn't seem to irrational to expect you not to have sex on a public beach.
- Kyrgizion, on 09/05/2008, -1/+12Yes, but you can't take it to jail with you.
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